29th August 2005
44-year-old Brad Faxon won the Buick Championship at TPC at River Highlands, Cromwell, in Connecticut on Sunday after he birdied the first extra playoff hole in a sudden death shootout with Tjaart Van der Walt. Faxon had earlier tied the course record with a 9 under par final round of 61.
In capturing his eighth PGA Tour title, Faxon pocketed $774,000 after a sensational weekend round of play. Faxon just survived the cut after his second round saw him at even par. He shot rounds of 69, 71, 65 and 61 to finish at 14 under par total of 266.
Briton Justin Rose wound up in third place one shot behind at 13 under while former British Open winner Ben Curtis, Jerry Kelly and Michael Putnam finished in a three-way tie for fourth place.
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| Date | Tournament | 2004 Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27-30 | Chrysler Championship | Vijay Singh |
| Nov 3-6 | The Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola | Retief Goosen |
| Nov 10-13 | Franklin Templeton Shootout | Hank Kuehne/Jeff Sluman |
| Nov 17-20 | WGC World Cup | England |
| Nov 26-27 | Merrill Lynch Skins Game | Fred Couples |
| Rank | Player | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | USA |
| 2 | Vijay Singh | FIJ |
| 3 | Phil Mickelson | USA |
| 4 | Retief Goosen | SAf |
| 5 | Ernie Els | SAF |
| 6 | Sergio Garcia | ESP |
| 7 | Jim Furyk | USA |
| 8 | Adam Scott | AUS |
| 9 | Chris DiMarco | USA |
| 10 | David Toms | USA |
Adam Scott is regarded as the most exciting young Australian golfer since Greg Norman. At the age of 23 years, eight months and 12 days, he became the youngest winner of The Players Championship on the US PGA Tour, an event considered by many to be the game's fifth Major.
Scott is a four-time winner on the US PGA Tour. His initial breakthrough came at the 2003 Deutsche Bank Championship after a second round 62 set up a four stroke win and saw Adam break into the top 20 in the World Rankings for the first time.